{"id":698,"date":"2026-05-22T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/?p=698"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:57:53","slug":"devs-journal-22-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"Dev&#8217;s Journal &#8211; 22 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Eldritch 2<\/em>&nbsp;is coming to Steam! Please wishlist it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2279280\/Eldritch_2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of this week has been consumed by my job search and some side stuff, but I&#8217;ve continued to build out the library hub and I&#8217;m happy with how it&#8217;s coming along! It&#8217;s starting to feel like the desired cross between the warm, cozy space of the original <em>Eldritch<\/em> and the dark, looming space of <em>Dark Soul<\/em>s&#8217; &#8220;The Duke&#8217;s Archives&#8221; location, which was one of the original inspirations for <em>Eldritch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also been giving some more thought to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/?p=287\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dphrygian.com\/wordpress\/?p=287\">Anxiety<\/a> system. I want there to be some of the hallucinatory side effects that players might expect from a Lovecraftian sanity system; but that&#8217;s potentially a lot of scope, and I wasn&#8217;t convinced that was enough to justify the existence of the system. This morning, I realized there might be an interesting way I can use the player&#8217;s anxiety level as part of the &#8220;true ending&#8221; main quest, which could introduce some interesting mechanical tradeoffs in endgame runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eldritch 2&nbsp;is coming to Steam! Please wishlist it&nbsp;here. A lot of this week has been consumed by my job search and some side stuff, but I&#8217;ve continued to build out the library hub and I&#8217;m happy with how it&#8217;s coming along! 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